More Questions on History
- Q. Mahe was a colony of __________
A)French
B)English
C)Dutch
D)Germany
Answer: French
- Q. The term of office fixed by Regulating Act for Governor General was
A)5 years
B)4 years
C)3 years
D)2 years
Answer: 5 years
- Q. The local name of Mohenjodaro is
A)Mound of the tree
B)Mound of the living
C)Mound of the dead
D)Mound of the survivor
Answer: Mound of the dead
- Q. The harappan economy was primarily__________ in nature
A)Industrial
B)Rural
C)Urban
D)Capitalist
Answer: Urban
- Q. In 1917 Anasuya Sarabhai had led the __________textile workers’ strike
A)Bombay
B)Ahmedabad
C)Calcutta
D)Malabar
Answer: Ahmedabad
- Q. The historic fast by Gandhi came to an end as a result of the
A)Issue of White Paper
B)Poona Pact
C)Gandhi-Irwin Pact
D)Arrival of Simon Commission
Answer: Poona Pact
- Q. Which of these is not one of the titles adopted by Aurangzeb?
A)Padshah
B)Alamgir
C)Sultan Sulaiman
D)Ghazi
Answer: Sultan Sulaiman
- Q. The Buland Darwaza was built to mark Akbar’s conquest of
A)Malwa
B)Awadh
C)Gujarat
D)Chittor
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Tuluva Narasa who ruled the Vijaynagara Empire for the period 1491-1503 belonged to which dynasty?
A)Saluva Dynasty
B)Sangama Dynasty
C)Tuluva Dynasty
D)Aravidu Dynasty
Answer: Tuluva Dynasty
- Q. Where was the Royal Durbar Held on November 1st, 1858 to issue to Queen’s proclamation?
A)Ahmadabad
B)Lucknow
C)Delhi
D)Allahabad
Answer: Allahabad
- Q. The Tokyo Conference which passed a resolution to form an Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was a conference of
A)Indians living in Tokyo
B)different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
C)Indian prisoners of war in Japanese custody
D)Indian revolutionaries living outside India
Answer: different associations of Indians living in South-East Asia
- Q. Atala Masjid which was built by Sultan Ibrahim is located at?
A)Kanpur
B)Jaunpur
C)Agra
D)Mysore
Answer: Jaunpur
- Q. When was ancient Rome founded?
A)753 BC
B)776 BC
C)752 BC
D)742 BC
Answer: 753 BC
- Q. Aurangzeb came to power after winning the war of succession and by defeating his three brothers
A)Shuja
B)Dara
C)Askari
D)Murad
Answer: Dara
- Q. Which European power was the last who reached India?
A)Germans
B)Portuguese
C)The French
D)The Dutch
Answer: The French
- Q. In 1614 Sir Thomas Roe was instructed by __________ to visit the court of Jahangir, the Mughal emperor of India
A)Babur
B)James I
C)Shajahan
D)Humayun
Answer: James I
- Q. Who brought the education available in the monasteries of Northumbria?
A)Bede
B)Alcuin
C)Einhard
D)Rabanus Maurus
Answer: Alcuin
- Q. The system of competitive examination for civil service was accepted in principle in the year
A)1853
B)1833
C)1858
D)1882
Answer: 1853
- Q. Who is known as the Artist of the world famous painting ‘Mona Lisa’
A)Michelangelo
B)Filippo Brunelleschi
C)Vincent van Gogh
D)Leonardo da Vinci
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
- Q. The Indus Valley civilisation was discovered in the year
A)1921
B)1917
C)1927
D)1932
Answer: 1921
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